Recon turbo charger at home or expert needed?

Hi F4PHhantom
have a look at the intake pipe between the air cleaner and the turbo and if there is oil there
it will be coming from the engine breather pipe
mine has only done 80000km and it sucks oil from the engine into the turbo
good luck
Robert

Having never pulled a turbo apart before I can only offer general advise

First up I would not do it without a service manual to suet you turbo, Pulling something apart is easy, pulling it apart without damaging anything and getting it back together rite is the hard part.

You may think you have done it rite but there will be little booby traps that will catch you out.

I.E some bolts may need to be removed at different times even if they are all attached to the same thing, compressor/ turbine alignment. Toque settings, I am 90% sure the thing will need to be rebalanced.

Try a google search about rebuilding the turbo you have, could get lucky and find all the information you need.

Cheers.

F4phantom.
I agree with Robert, if you do have a leaking seal it is most likely due to a balance problem, the seals are designed to last a long time but if the blades have a small ding and get out of balance the shaft may leak. If this is the cause then replacing the seal wont fix it. If the oil loss is not enough to require top ups between changes I suggest you leave it alone or get it balanced by a pro. Eric.

Hi F4Phantom
to see if the turbo or the breather is your oil problem
remove the oil breather from the air cleaner (block hole on the air cleaner)
run breather hose into a clear bottle and clean turbo pipe from air cleaner and pipe from turbo to the engine and see how much oil you you get and what side of turbo you get the oil
This a good test to see if the turbo seals are leaking
Robert

Turbo's are actually quite easy to rebuild, just as long as you give it a good inspection for any damage after disassembly and cleaning.
To insure you do not have any balance problems just mark the impeller in relation to the turbine shaft, a centre punch will do, before you undo the impeller retaining nut.
If you do find a problem you have not lost anything except a bit of your time, because you can just throw it together again and get yourself a new or exchange.

Chris

Try rotomaster in campbellfield behind the gokart track GERARD is o.k. aka

F4 from experience the oil in the intake is nearly always blowby from the engine breather pipe!!! You said your self that there is plenty of oil BEFORE the turbo!

I would be fitting an oil filter/strainer in the breather waaaay before I rebuild the turbo...let the oil clean itself out of the system and then ascertain whether you need a rebuild.

Goodluck

Matt.

I am starting to think I may get out of this cheap. So that I understand this oil catch thing please confirm that I have it right.

There is a 15mm rubber tube coming from the engine which should blow air, because of emissions they run it back into the air stream for recombusion, it carries some oil in it from the engine, it gets into the air system and causes oil in the turbo, and black smoke. In this case I will run it into a container and catch it.

The next quesiton is, how do I elimiate this possibility and show that this tube is or is not the problem - I hope it is.

Thanks

Easy, remove the air intake hose feeding in to the turbo (From air filter to turbo). If that is clean but the hose between the turbo and intercooler has oil then the seals are leaking. If the hose from the airfilter is oily, clean it up, fit the catchcan, clean up the turbo to intercooler hose then run for 500-1000km. Remove hoses and check again. As the catchcan has been collecting oil from the engine any oil in the hose is coming from the seals.

You could have a bit of both